Service Details
Name:
 McCARTNEY
Given Name:
 RAYMOND LESLIE
Initials:
 R L
Service No:
 206715V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 24 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1943-03-20
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Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Lodestar HK981, shot down after air battle on Mareth Line (Tunisia)
Additional
Information:
Son of John Bedford and Lily Mary McCartney, of Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa. Commemoration stone in Pietermaritzburg (Commercial Road) Cemetery
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 277.

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